Ted has a surprise for you! Meet Ginger and Posh

They are gorgeous, and so is Ted. Bless him, on that blanket ❤ Even though human companionship is nice for them, it really does show how irreplaceable a friend of their own species is. I’m sure they’ll got along lovely, I also think Ted will be so ready for the companionship by then that he won’t have a complaint in him upon meeting the girls
 
Piggylove82 said:
Have you ever had a mixed sex group/pair of pigs before?
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Yes, many years ago, but not by choice! Pet shop sex mix up that ended in babies. I have not bonded before so this will be new to me. I am hoping to have Ted and his ladies side by side or end to end once new cage comes, it’s at local DPD branch so will probably get it tomorrow. Have to wait till 20/4/20 so they will have time to get used to each other and I will be bonding to strict forum guidelines
I have had Bill and Ted for 5 years,(boar pair) but sadly Bill died last month😢
 
Little Ones said:
They are gorgeous, and so is Ted. Bless him, on that blanket ❤ Even though human companionship is nice for them, it really does show how irreplaceable a friend of their own species is. I’m sure they’ll got along lovely, I also think Ted will be so ready for the companionship by then that he won’t have a complaint in him upon meeting the girls
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Aw thanks, I do hope so, he loves our company but I know he is lonely and desperate to be with his own kind, he’s never been on his own ever, always been with Bill until last month.
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw thanks, I do hope so, he loves our company but I know he is lonely and desperate to be with his own kind, he’s never been on his own ever, always been with Bill until last month.
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It’s definitely always sad to see them on their own. I know that when Honey died and Little was alone, it was like he had no motivation to do anything really since Guinea pigs have the whole ‘I want what you have’ mentality, especially the dominant pig. Honey loved chewing willow sticks and wasn’t interested in cardboard tubes and Little was exactly the same. Then Peanut loved cardboard tubes and wasn’t interested in willow sticks, and so then funnily enough, Little was the same and never touched the sticks ever again :D It shows that they form their opinions around each other - if there’s no competition for something then there’s no point in it! All you can do is what you’re doing, which is giving him all the attention he wants.

Even though Ted is still on his own, he’ll know now that friends are on the way. Their scent has already soothed him, it will be perking him up to know that companionship is just around the corner :)
 
Bill & Ted said:
Yes, many years ago, but not by choice! Pet shop sex mix up that ended in babies. I have not bonded before so this will be new to me. I am hoping to have Ted and his ladies side by side or end to end once new cage comes, it’s at local DPD branch so will probably get it tomorrow. Have to wait till 20/4/20 so they will have time to get used to each other and I will be bonding to strict forum guidelines
I have had Bill and Ted for 5 years,(boar pair) but sadly Bill died last month😢
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I remember your announcement, I was so shocked Bill passed away too. They were such a handsome couple. Ted has lost none of his gorgeous ness.

I have the same issue re bonding too. Molly had always been with her sister Milly. I adopted them together from Pets at Home 3 years ago, as adults. Losing Milly so suddenly on Monday, I'm now in the position of needing to find her a new friend, even though at times my heart breaks and the tears fall over the loss of my beautiful Milly. I'm considering adopting a neutered boar from the RSPCA, so won't have the 6 week wait that you will have. Not having bonded piggies before, I keep reading the guides over and over to understand how to do it right!

I hope all continues to go well with your new additions and with Ted himself x
 
Ted seems quite mellow at the moment, I think he thinks ladies are around too. Having been neutered most of the stress is over, if the worst came to the worst and they did not bond he would still have company behind bars. He has been quite flat since Bill died, not his usual boisterous cocky self. Very needy, wanting to be hand fed and stroked all the time and very fussy with his food. Ted has just sat on the floor when we’ve got him out for exercise, I think he didn’t know what to do on his own, just looked lost and wanted picking back up.
Hope Molly’s bonding goes well, it sounds the perfect solution.
 
Ooh Ted, you STUD! The girls won’t know what hit them 🤣🤣 Can’t wait to hear about the bonding.

Ginger and Posh are just beautiful. They’ve landed on their paws with you.
 
Ginger and Spice are beautiful, Ted is such a lucky boy. Fingers crossed the bonding goes well and the time flies until 20th April.
 
Little Ones said:
It’s definitely always sad to see them on their own. I know that when Honey died and Little was alone, it was like he had no motivation to do anything really since Guinea pigs have the whole ‘I want what you have’ mentality, especially the dominant pig. Honey loved chewing willow sticks and wasn’t interested in cardboard tubes and Little was exactly the same. Then Peanut loved cardboard tubes and wasn’t interested in willow sticks, and so then funnily enough, Little was the same and never touched the sticks ever again :D It shows that they form their opinions around each other - if there’s no competition for something then there’s no point in it! All you can do is what you’re doing, which is giving him all the attention he wants.

Even though Ted is still on his own, he’ll know now that friends are on the way. Their scent has already soothed him, it will be perking him up to know that companionship is just around the corner :)
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I’m definitely hoping the girls will encourage Ted to try and eat more hay! he does struggle, but I think you are right, they do copy each other. Strangely Ted has taken to red pepper, something he would never touch before Bill died. Bill had a far broader range of foods and would try new things whereas Ted not so.
 
Oh they are gorgeous.. Ted is going to be a very lucky boy when he gets to live with them!
 
Aah so gorgeous :love: I hadn’t noticed how much Ginger looks like my old piggy Twitch (baby of our pregnant petshop pig Honey when I was a teenager), with her little white splodge! :love:
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Well the girlies have now started to eat out of our hands. They love grass, well actually they love anything! Ginger is a bit of a nightmare to catch, she protests but once on your lap is very relaxed and Posh has been trying to flirt with Ted most of the afternoon, following him up and down the cage, she’s seems rather smitten with him, Ted’s been more interested with food tbh 😂 Then changed his mind at lap time (they are on separate ends of a very long sofa on separate laps so not getting near. Posh seems totally different in character from timid to very bold? Do you think she may be in season 🤔
 
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